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Fillon charged over fake family job allegations

Francois Fillon, the French conservative presidential candidate, has been formally charged for embezzlement and misuse of public money, his lawyer told Agence France Presse on Tuesday. Fillon's wife and two of his children were paid in the past by the French parliament as his assistants, but judges think they did not actually work. Fillon has said that he would not give up running for president even if charged.